I was new here on bitcointalk in december 2017 after a friend told me to register. All was going well I was reading a lot in this forum and I had my activity points and was a Junior member. I earned 5$ a week because of my signature but I think in January they begun with this merit system and suddenly my account could not get no upgrade anymore.
Why did you join bitcointalk forum? Did you join because you want to earn too like your friend?
Just follow the rules! Merit is not an issue.
I agree with this one. Even if i'm new to this forum I tried to not shitpost in this forum and I did it 3 times and i'm happy because of it. Merit is implemented by theymos to increase the post quality in this forum. Bitcointalk forum is not just earning but for learning also. If you want to rank up just do what theymos goals for the better bitcointalk forum instead of whining like a child. Work for it not whine for it.